1. Hit with a pinging noise
   "The bugs pinged the lamp shade" 
2. Sound like a car engine that is firing too early
   "the car pinged when I put in low-octane petrol"
   - pink, knock 
3. Make a short high-pitched sound
   "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" 
4. Contact, usually in order to remind of something
   "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" 
5. Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active
   "ping your machine in the office"

1. A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

1. A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
   - Ping River

Derived forms: pinged, pinging, pings

Type of: collide with, contact, get hold of, get through, go, hit, impinge on, reach, river, run into, sound, strike

Part of: Kingdom of Thailand, Siam, Thailand

Encyclopedia: Ping

• cingulum
• cinnabar
• cinnabar chanterelle
• cinnabar moth
• cinnamene
• Cinnamomum
• Cinnamomum camphora
• Cinnamomum cassia
• Cinnamomum loureirii
• Cinnamomum zeylanicum
• cinnamon
• cinnamon bark
• cinnamon bear
• cinnamon bread
• cinnamon bun
• cinnamon coloured
• collyrium
• collywobbles
• coloboma
• colobus
• Colobus guereza
• colobus monkey
• Colocasia
• Colocasia esculenta
• colocynth